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'''Helen Shapiro''' (born [[28 September]] [[1946]]) is an [[England|English]] [[singer]].

{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

| Name = Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes

| Type = studio

| Artist = [[Amanda Lear]]

| Cover = Amanda Lear - Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes (France 1989).jpg

| Released = [[1989]]

| Recorded = [[1989]]

| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]

| Length =

| Label = Carrere Records <br /> 66 875 (LP)

| Producer = Stefano Previsti

| Reviews = [[All Music Guide]][http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fqxqlaldke]|

}}

{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

| Name = Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes

| Type = studio

| Artist = [[Amanda Lear]]

| Cover = Amanda Lear - Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes (cd).jpg

| Label = Carrere Records <br /> 96 875 (CD)

| Last album = [[Uomini Più Uomini]]

| This album = Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes

| Next album = [[Cadavrexquis]]

}}

{{see also|Amanda Lear discography}}

'''Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes''' is a French/Italian language studio album by singer [[Amanda Lear]], first released on French label Carrere Records in 1989, and a re-release of Italian Ricordi International's ''[[Uomini Più Uomini]]'', issued the same year. Side A consists of 4 French versions plus new recording and French hit single "Métamorphose" and side B of 5 tracks from the original Italian release. The album, whose title translates as ''As Long As There Are Men'', was available on LP and cassette and was also the first Amanda Lear studio album to be issued in a limited edition on new digital format [[compact disc]] - making this release highly collectable. Parts of ''Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes'' has since been re-packaged and re-released on CD combined with selected tracks from its Italian language counterpart under the titles ''[[Je T'aime (Amanda Lear album)|Je T'aime]]'', ''[[Télégramme]]'', ''[[Essential (Amanda Lear album)|Essential]]'' and ''[[Indovina Chi Sono]]'' - see ''[[Uomini Più Uomini]]''. <br />

==Biography==

===Early life===

Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the [[East End of London|East End]] district of [[Bethnal Green]], [[East London]], [[England]], the [[family|granddaughter]] of [[Poles|Polish]] [[Jew|Jewish]] [[immigration|immigrant]]s. Her parents were too poor to own a [[phonograph|record player]] but they encouraged [[music]] in their home (Helen had to borrow a neighbour's player to hear her first [[single (music)|single]]). Shapiro played [[banjo]] as a child and sang with her [[sibling|brother]] occasionally in his [[high school]] [[jazz]] [[band (music)|group]]. She had a deep [[timbre]] to her [[human voice|voice]], unusual in a girl not yet in her teens: school friends gave her the [[nickname]] "Foghorn".

===Career=Tracklisting==

'''Side A'''<br />

In 1961, at the age of fourteen, she had two [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|number one]] [[Chart-topper|hit]]s in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]: "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness"; and, indeed, her first four single releases all went into the top three of the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Her mature voice made her an overnight sensation, as well as the youngest female [[Chart-topper|chart topper]] in the UK. (At a mere 14 years and 316 days old when "You Don't Know" hit the top, she was nevertheless a year older than [[Frankie Lymon]] had been when "[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]" hit the UK number one slot in [[1956 in music|1956]].)

#"Ma Chére Claire" ("Mia Cara Clara") (Molco - Pallavicini - Conte) - 3:38<br />

#"Métamorphose" (J. Conquement - L. L. H.) - 3:12<br />

#"Demain" ("Ripassi Domani") (A. Lear - Molco - Pallavicini - Conte) - 4:15 <br />

#"L'École D'Amour" ("Scuola D'amore") (A. Lear - Daiano) - 4:30<br />

#"Echec Et Mat" ("Illibata") (A. Lear - M. Poggini - Daiano - G. Caliandro) - 4:30<br />

'''Side B'''<br />

Before she was sixteen years old, Helen had been voted Britain's 'Top Female Singer', and when [[The Beatles]] had their first national tour it was as her supporting act. The Beatles even wrote the song ''[[Misery (song)|Misery]]'' for her but, inexplicably, [[EMI]] decided not to record her singing it.

#"Una Notte Insieme A Te" (S. Menegale - R. Ferrato) - 3:51<br />

#"Indovina Chi Sono" (P. Limiti - P. Leon) - 3:22<br />

#"Ragazzino" (Daiano - Caliandro) - 4:18 <br />

#"Una Rosa Un Tango" (C. Malgioglio - C. Castellari) - 4:05<br />

#"Due" (C. Zavaglia - S. Mogavero - F. Graniero) - 3:27<br />

==Personnel==

By the time she was in her late teens, however, her career as a [[popular music|pop]] singer was on the wane. Undaunted, she re-invented herself as a performer in [[stage (theatre)|stage]] [[musical theatre|musical]]s, a [[jazz]] singer, and more recently a [[gospel music|gospel]] singer. She played the role of Nancy in [[Lionel Bart]]'s musical, ''[[Oliver!]]'' and has appeared in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]] [[soap opera]]s. In August 1987 she became a Messianic Jew (A Jewish believer in Jesus) and has issued four Messianic [[album]]s since then, as well as appearing in a number of [[concert]]s, worshipping Jesus (Y'shua) as her Messiah.

* Amanda Lear - [[vocals]].

* Moreno Ferrara - [[backing vocals]].

* Lalla Francia - backing vocals.

* Monica Magnani - backing vocals.

* Gennaro Trasi - [[acoustic guitar]]s.

* Moreno Ferrara - [[electric guitar]]s.

* Giorgio Mastrota - [[vocals]] on "Indovina Chi Sono".

==Production==

Her [[autobiography]], published in [[1993]], was entitled ''Walking Back to Happiness''.

* Produced and arranged by Stefano Previsti.

* A Mario Limongelli Production for Iperspazio - Milan - Italy.<br />

* Recorded at BIPS Studios Milan, Italy.<br />

* Sound technicians: Nicola Calgari, Paolo Mauri.<br />

* Mixed at Heaven Studio Rimini, Italy.<br />

* Sound engineers: Mario Flores, Pier Carlo Penta.<br />

* Mastering: Top Master.<br />

* Distribution: Carrere.<br />

* Inside cover illustration: Amanda Lear.<br />

* Photos: Elodie Gregoire - Sipa Presse.<br />

* Make-up artist: Andre Bourlakoff.<br />

==Release history==

Shapiro is also mentioned in the [[BBC Television]], [[science fiction]] [[comedy]] [[television program|series]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', because of her [[beehive (hairstyle)|beehive hairstyle]].

* 1989 France; Carrere Records 66 875 (LP).

* 1989 France; Carrere Records 76 875 (Cassette).

* 1989 France; Carrere Records 96 875 (CD).

==DiscographySingle releases==

===Singles7"===

*1989: "Métamorphose" / "Métamorphose" (Instrumental) (France, Carrere-Ibach 14682)

* "Don't Treat Me Like A Child" - 1961 - Number 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]

*1990: "L'école D'amour" / "Due" (France, Carrere-Ibach 14836)

* "You Don't Know" - 1961 - Number 1

* "Walkin' Back To Happiness" - 1961 - Number 1

* "Tell Me What He Said" - 1962 - Number 2

* "Let's Talk About Love" - 1962 - Number 23

* "Little Miss Lonely" - 1962 - Number 8

* "Keep Away From Other Girls" - 1962 - Number 40

* "Queen For Tonight" - 1963 - Number 33

* "Woe Is Me" - 1963 - Number 35

* "Look Who It Is" - 1963 - Number 47

* "Fever" - 1964 - Number 38

===Album12"===

*1989: "Métamorphose" (Extended) / "Métamorphose" / "Métamorphose" (Instrumental) (France, Carrere-Ibach)

* ''Tops With Me'' - 1962 - Number 2 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].

==ReferencesCD re-releases==

See ''[[Uomini Più Uomini]]''

* [[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]] - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X

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* Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7

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* The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits - ISBN 0-85112-250-7

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[[Category:Amanda Lear albums]]

==External links==

[[Category:Disco]]

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll AMG webpage]

[[Category:1989 albums]]

* [http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirh/helens.htm 45-rpm webpage]

* http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/helenshapiro.txt

* [http://www.quasimodobell.com/default.aspx/tabid/130/groupid/1403/gingroup/SHAPIRO+HELEN/discography/1 Helen's Shapiro Discography inc. All Singles with Original Covers]

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